www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Exelonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/exelon/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Exelonen-usTue, 29 Nov 2016 13:30:16 -0500Illinois House committee OKs revised Exelon legislationhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/29/illinois-house-committee-oks-revised-exelon-legisl/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SPRINGFIELED, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois House committee has endorsed a revised plan to subsidize Illinois nuclear plants.</p> <p>The Energy Committee voted 10-1 to send the legislation to benefit Exelon and two of its Illinois nuclear plants to the House floor.</p> <p>The plan now would provide $235 million a year ...Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:30:16 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/29/illinois-house-committee-oks-revised-exelon-legisl/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSD.C. agency chides Pepco-Exelon mergerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/22/dc-agency-chides-pepco-exelon-merger/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The D.C. Public Service Commission broke the law when it approved a merger last month between Pepco and energy giant Exelon, according to the District agency&nbsp; representing residents' interests.</p> <p>"I strongly believe that the manner in which the decision was reached was legally flawed," said D.C. People's Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye. ...Ryan M. McDermottFri, 22 Apr 2016 15:43:45 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/22/dc-agency-chides-pepco-exelon-merger/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPepco-Exelon merger deal: Latest version on the ropes in D.C.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/12/pepco-exelon-merger-deal-latest-version-ropes-dc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>For the third time in two weeks, the $6.8 billion merger between D.C.'s electricity provider and a mammoth, Chicago-based energy manufacturer looks to be in peril after two city government officials came out against the latest proposal on Friday.</p> <p>The newest iteration of the nearly-dead Pepco-Exelon merger agreement, which the ...Ryan M. McDermottSat, 12 Mar 2016 09:17:50 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/12/pepco-exelon-merger-deal-latest-version-ropes-dc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPepco, Exelon offer new $78M deal in effort to salvage mergerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/7/pepco-exelon-offer-new-78m-deal-in-effort-to-salva/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>D.C.-based energy supplier Pepco and Chicago-based energy producer Exelon offered a new $78 million deal Monday to D.C. regulators to salvage a $6.8 billion merger that has been on the ropes for the past year.</p> <p>"We have offered a third option that aims to balance the alternate terms the [Public ...Ryan M. McDermottMon, 07 Mar 2016 19:58:05 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/7/pepco-exelon-offer-new-78m-deal-in-effort-to-salva/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSD.C. people's counsel hits revised Pepco-Exelon merger deal, says it hurts residentshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/1/dc-peoples-counsel-hits-revised-pepco-exelon-merge/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The District's resident advocate in government on Tuesday denounced a revised deal to merge Pepco and Exelon, saying the new agreement steals benefits that should be go to ratepayers.</p> <p>D.C. People's Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye said the new deal "eviscerates" benefits to the public by removing a provision that would have ...Ryan M. McDermottTue, 01 Mar 2016 11:38:57 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/1/dc-peoples-counsel-hits-revised-pepco-exelon-merge/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSD.C. regulators reject multistate merger of Exelon, Pepcohttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/dc-regulators-reject-proposed-merger-of-exelon-pep/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Regulators in the District of Columbia rejected the proposed merger of power companies Exelon and Pepco on Tuesday, saying the deal would not benefit ratepayers.</p> <p>The three-member D.C. Public Service Commission voted unanimously to reject the merger. It had already been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and by ...Ben NuckolsTue, 25 Aug 2015 15:34:13 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/dc-regulators-reject-proposed-merger-of-exelon-pep/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSKarl Racine, D.C. attorney general, opposes proposed Pepco-Exelon mergerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/31/karl-racine-dc-attorney-general-opposes-proposed-p/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Electricity customers in the District would fare better without the proposed merger between utility companies Pepco and Exelon than they would with it, according to the D.C. Office of the Attorney General.</p> <p>In filings submitted to the D.C. Public Service Commission on the final day public comments on the merger ...Andrea NobleSun, 31 May 2015 18:49:06 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/31/karl-racine-dc-attorney-general-opposes-proposed-p/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAlert lifted after smoke at Illinois nuclear planthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/3/alert-lifted-after-smoke-at-illinois-nuclear-plant/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> CORDOVA, Ill. (AP) - An alert imposed after smoke was spotted at the Quad Cities Generating Station in western Illinois was lifted after eight hours.</p> <p> Exelon Generation officials say the smoke was spotted Wednesday after a pipe released water onto an electrical system.</p> <p> Spokesman William Stoermer says ...Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:46:31 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/3/alert-lifted-after-smoke-at-illinois-nuclear-plant/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNRC lets Constellation transfer nuke licenseshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/2/nrc-lets-constellation-transfer-nuke-licenses/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> SCRIBA, N.Y. (AP) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the direct transfer of operating licenses for five commercial nuclear power reactors, including three in upstate New York.</p> <p> The licenses for the Nine Mile Point and Ginna nuclear power plants on Lake Ontario, along with two at Calvert ...Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:02:13 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/2/nrc-lets-constellation-transfer-nuke-licenses/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSO'KEEFE: U.S. has a bad case of crony capitalism http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/19/us-has-a-bad-case-of-crony-capitalism/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>"Entrepreneur" used to refer to someone who assumed the risk of a business venture with the expectation of making a profit. In the political world, however, our overregulated economy has spawned a new type of entrepreneur: the political entrepreneur, who exploits the regulatory and legislative process for profit and whose ...William O’Keefe Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:57:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/19/us-has-a-bad-case-of-crony-capitalism/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNew patch treats Alzheimer'shttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/9/new-patch-treats-alzheimers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> The Food and Drug Administration today approved a new treatment option for Alzheimer"s patients in the form of a patch to replace the traditional pill. </p> <p> The Exelon patch, made by the Swiss drug maker Novartis AG, is meant to treat mild to moderate cases of the disease. ...Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/9/new-patch-treats-alzheimers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS